Train built in 1966 using two jet engines is still the fastest locomotive in America [Mail]
Date: 24/02/2014
Don Wetzel, an engineer for the New York Central Railroad, was given the task in the mid-1960s of trying to make trains safer, less expensive and faster. His solution: strap two jet engines to the roof of a locomotive and see what happens. [From Richard Buckby]
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Train built in 1966 using two jet engines still the fastest in America
New York Central Railroad engineer Don Wetzel, was given the task in the mid-1960s of making trains safer, cheaper and faster. His solution: strap two jet engines to the roof of a locomotive and see what happens.
